You're right, I don't get what you're saying. You live in the city. As ghettopalmetto noted, you're trying to drive through an area of the city at the same time there's major events going on that's bringing tens of thousands of people into the city in their cars. What do you expect? I try to avoid driving on Novi Road past Twelve Oaks Mall this time of year because it gets massively congested with holiday shoppers. It goes with the territory. If I didn't want to ever deal with that, I could move to South Lyon. But I don't expect the answer is to widen Novi Road to twelve lanes or to expect that the road will never be congested. I find an alternative route or drive the area at non-peak times or I deal with it.